A dynamic phantom for radionuclide renography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Heikkinen, Jari O ^a  

^a MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FINLAND; GAMMA CAMERAS; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; URETER;

EID: 0033059818     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/3/007     Document Type: Article

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